Why Taekwondo is Disrespected (Topic Tuesday)
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- Опубликовано: 25 дек 2023
- Each week on Topic Tuesdays I discuss your requests. This week's topics include:
-Why Taekwondo is Disrespected
-Perseverance & Integrity in Sport VS Traditional Arts
-Poomsae Movements for Fighting
Taekwondo is a style of life, discipline, confidence, respect and evolution. I really don’t understand people looking for social approval, or comparisons. Taekwondo is Taekwondo, Taekwondo Will always prioritize defense first, but more than that, Taekwondo will teach you to be a better human being. If you are looking for fight technique and or social validation, please don’t even start Taekwondo.
Master, congrats for your professionalism, commitment and a life dedicated for this amazing martial art. 🥋❤️
Love this format! Here’s my question for next Topic Tuesday:
How do you integrate the TKD techniques that aren’t allowed in sparring into your overall fight style? We learn the movements of spinning elbows, knees, leg kicks, etc. but they’re obviously neglected in practice.
Great topic, thanks
Good stuff, sir! Right on target, imho. I train bjj and Dutch kickboxing at an MMA gym and a number of us have TKD in our background. I've recently come back to TDK to bring some younger family members through martial arts training. You explain very well the value of traditional martial arts training. Oss!
Thank you sir, I appreciate your feedback!
I think there are two reasons. One is that too many McDojans hand out black belts after 2-3 years and the competition rules that take too much out of the style away. Just side-kick fest… 🤷♂️
Another Great Video l Was Wondering If You Could Do One On How To Hold Your Sidekick In The Air Head Level
Yes I can
I have an idea for next topic Tuesday: why people confuse Teakwondo with karate. Every time i do a cool kick infront of poeple they say "nice Karater kick". Even my grandparents think i do Karate when I do Teakwondo.
Thanks for the topic!
Well said, Master Paul.
Thank you, sir.
Also I studie Japanese so i know what the mountain kanji looks like (山), but i didnt notice that it look just like the mountain blocks.
Hi! Thank you for addressing my topic idea! I am relatively new to practicing taekwondo and have more familiarity with Japanese and Okinawan traditions (I'm by no means an expert on those, either). I did not know the meaning of Poomsae, and how it differs from the concept of 'kata', so that explanation was much appreciated. I find it hard to articulate the value of the tradition of practicing patterns, so I wanted to see how you might address it. These martial arts don't fit neatly into normal categories of sports, fighting styles, or self-defense systems.
Another idea I've come across, that I like, is that the relative standardization of the patterns connects you to a community and tradition. Performing them pays a kind of homage to those who came before and dedicated their time and energy to passing along the art. They could have done other things with their lives, and didn't need to share their cultural traditions with "outsiders" but did, so earnestly trying to 'perfect' these patterns is a way of showing respect for the tradition and the people over the centuries that have contributed to it. FWIW.
Well said!
Great video
How is the sparring course coming along?
Thanks, sorry for the delay. It is getting close now.
Master Paul: I'd like to suggest a subject for Topic Tuesday; would you mind speaking about the importance and role that respect and uniforms play in Taekwondo? Folks not acquainted with traditional martial arts practices might not understand the role that facing others and bowing, speaking clearly to masters, belts, training in your dobok, etc., plays in studying and training taekwondo. Thank you
Thank you for the topic!
21:18 I recently started practicing Shotokan Karate in order to understand the true purpose of these moves, wish me luck.
Enjoy!
the reason i like training taekwondo is that all the MMA dorks hate it and think it's bullshido. i'm oppositional defiant by nature and i dont like groupthink. i'll probably take up kung fu at some point because dude bros hate that too
I don't think I would pick tkd as a base of some kind of mma training... as an adult. I think tkd is great for young kids. I think you get more athleticism than chasing a ball around playing soccer. The movements like footwork. Chambering. Balance. Explosion. Jumping. Spinning ... all correlate to other sports. For adults I would treat it like what it is. Its own sport. It keeps you active. Its fun *Pickleball isnt cool, But people do it ... TKD gets a bad wrap cuz most people exposure to it is the olympics. And that stuff looks ridiculous ... I didnt see the lower level tournaments until my son did it. And the lower level tournaments are way more entertaining than the olympic matches on tv.
I have to disagree. Reliable, practical, great mileage. The Camry is very cool.
The Camry is a great car BUT none of the things you listed are what make a car cool.
@@tkdguide what constitutes cool is subjective. It may not be flashy, but it is definitely cool to me. It all depends on what you as a person value. For example, I don't think a 540 hook kick is cool. Flashy yes. Impressive, absolutely. But not cool. A week executed turning kick, overflowing with power and perfectly balanced. Now that's cool.
@@jessewilkinson90 what you subjectively find cool has no predictive value. I’m not going to win a car show with a stock Camry and I would impress a group of people more with a 540 than a front kick. This isn’t that hard.
It depends on the context the kicks are executed. You'd impress a lot of people if that front kick knocks someone out in a competitive bout. That may even be considered more impressive than breaking a board with the 540. It depends on who the audience is and what they value.
Taekwondo has the most effective and flamboyant kicks. But it is a waste of time and energy the practice of poomsae or forms. I think that right now is the moment to improve or make evolve the sport. Taekwondo + boxing 🙂.
The fact is, Taekwondo is its current form is a huge draw. Anyone can change it, but if it doesn’t draw students their version will die out.
Only an idiot who's lazy would say practicing Poomsae is a waste of time. You don't have the makings of a varsity Martial Artist.
So you mean kickboxing
@@eduardoacosta-ni5bm that, is an excellent point. In a world where we have kickboxing we still have Taekwondo. It’s almost like people enjoy Taekwondo for what it is.
"It is a waste of time and energy the practice of poomsae or forms."
I will have to disagree. I have been doing and teaching Taekwondo for 30 years. I understand MY experience may not be everyone's experience, but this is what I have seen having participated and taught Taekwondo for over 30 years... I have seen people good at sparring yet not so good at forms. I have not seen someone that is good at forms that could not also spar well...
I have seen people who when their forms improved their sparring also improved alongside their forms...
Forms develop attributes that absolutely can improve sparring like balance, strength, flexibility, development of technical efficiency etc... Not everything in forms is directly transferable but many times can be indirectly transferable.. Example, chambering your hand on your hip. This action stretches and strengthens the shoulder which can lead to a better rear elbow strike in self-defense or a middle stance when doing a sweep take down... Are there other training methods that can give you the same results?? Yes.. Does that make forms irrelevant? Absolutely NOT...
Forms can be looked at as a method of moving meditation... So to say they are a waste of time is not objectively factual and is more opinion related.
Some people like forms and some people don't and that's ok...